"EEAST sent a number of resources to the incident including two ambulance officers, three ambulances, two doctors and one rapid response car."

As yet, we still do not know if anybody has been injured or how many people were on the helicopter.

10:13 pm

Local residents have told how they suddenly heard a flurry of activity at about 8pm.

A member of staff at the Decoy Tavern in Fritton told the Eastern Daily Press: :"There were two ambulances, a police patrol car and a paramedic car, but we’ve not heard or seen anything since."

Lorraine Greenwood added: “From about eight o’clock there have been loads of police cars, fire engines and ambulances going past here. I don’t think they were sure where it was in the fog because some were going round the roundabout and back again."

10:01 pm

Good evening and welcome to our live blog.

A civilian helicopter has tonight crashed in Norfolk.

Police were called to Gillingham, near Beccles at about 7.30pm.

After searching the area, they found the wreckage of the helicopter. It is not yet known if anybody is injured.

The ambulance service has a number of vehicles at the scene and police have cordoned off the area, the Eastern Daily Press reported.

In January, four servicemen lost their lives after a US Air Force helicopter from RAF Lakenheath crashed at a seaside nature reserve in Norfolk.